Rocky is talking about a the DHS funding an open source security push and links to a primary source on eWeek. To me, the interesting thing about this isn’t that the effort is going to take place but the acknowledgement that open source software has problems and that its going to cost money to fix them.
Also – while I am on the subject, while is the DHS providing this funding? It seems that they are using the dollars of tax payers in the United States to subsidise the technology choices of organisations that are currently using OSS. Surely organisations that use OSS should realise the true cost of OSS and not rely on a DHS safety net.
Having said that – $1.24 million dollars is not that much, and probably not a scratch on what Microsoft spends on securing their software (Microsoft probably spends that in a week).